enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Chemical waste - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_waste

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prohibits disposing of certain materials down drains. [4] Therefore, when hazardous chemical waste is generated in a laboratory setting, it is usually stored on-site in appropriate waste containers, such as triple-rinsed chemical storage containers [5] or carboys, where it is later collected and disposed of in order to meet safety, health, and ...

  3. Waste sorting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_sorting

    Recycling bins in Singapore Manual waste sorting for recycling Emptying of segregated rubbish containers in Polish medium-sized city Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Waste sorting is the process by which waste is separated into different elements. [1]

  4. Waste management - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_management

    Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. [1] This includes the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws, technologies, and economic mechanisms.

  5. Hazardous waste - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazardous_waste

    "In terms of hazardous waste, a landfill is defined as a disposal facility or part of a facility where hazardous waste is placed or on land and which is not a pile, a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment, an underground injection well, a salt dome formation, a salt bed formation, an underground mine, a cave, or a corrective action ...

  6. Landfill - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill

    The gas also contains about 5% molecular nitrogen (N 2), less than 1% hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), and a low concentration of non-methane organic compounds (NMOC), about 2700 ppmv. [8] Waste disposal in Athens, Greece. Landfill gases can seep out of the landfill and into the surrounding air and soil.

  7. History of bottle recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bottle...

    Contamination can occur either when substances from the beverages themselves get absorbed into the container or when bottles are reused to store unsafe liquids such as cleaners or chemicals. [5] However, bottle-to-bottle recycling became more and more common as the number of PET bottles that got produced increased. [5]

  8. Waste container - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_container

    Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines. Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil. A waste container, also known as a dustbin, [1] rubbish bin, trash can, garbage can, wastepaper basket, and wastebasket, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that is usually made out of metal or plastic.

  9. Battery recycling - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling

    Battery recycling is a recycling activity that aims to reduce the number of batteries being disposed as municipal solid waste.Batteries contain a number of heavy metals and toxic chemicals and disposing of them by the same process as regular household waste has raised concerns over soil contamination and water pollution. [1]